Almost three years ago, Harvard Business Review published a provocative article entitled ‘The Death of Supply Chain Management’. It became as viral as an article on Supply Chain Management can be, circulating widely on Twitter and LinkedIn. The …
To help organizations recognize and effectively deal with good and bad variability, Involvation has developed the Wheel of Five for Supply Chain Management. This is Part 4 in a series of five articles about the …
As working and studying from home became the new norm last year, demand for personal computers and home printers rose significantly. As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PCs and printers, HP Inc. has …
Fairphone, a Dutch producer of ethical smartphones, continues to increase its influence on the electronics industry. The company achieved an 87% increase in sales in 2020 and became profitable for the first time, according to …
There are various solutions available to supply chain professionals who are dissatisfied with their forecasting, such as to implement new software or set up their own data science team. A third option is to outsource …
The number of supply chain start-ups in Europe continues to grow. The current total stands at 220, according to the most recent figures from the soon-to-be-published Supply Chain Management Startups Handbook 2021. These start-ups are …
More and more companies are prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) in their supply chains. But while companies recognize the importance of achieving sustainable outcomes, they are less inclined to acknowledge that most of that …
Nivea is one of the world’s best-known skin care products. But its manufacturer Beiersdorf is ‘relatively small’, according to Harald Emberger. Having worked for Mars Inc and Unilever he might say that. Emberger joined Hamburg-based …
Supply chain start-ups in Europe experienced a very challenging year in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis. But the need for innovation and digitalization seems higher than ever for manufacturing, …
Norwegian DIY retailer Mestergruppen has successfully implemented Blue Ridge’s supply chain software. The investment has already almost paid for itself after just eight weeks of operation. During a webinar by Supply Chain Media and Blue …
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